December 1723
Anno 10o Georgii Regis.
DIE Martis, 10o Decembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. London.
Epus. Lincoln. |
Dux Chandos.
Comes Sutherland.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Tadcaster. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas sat Speaker, by virtue of a former Commission.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That there
was a Commission granted under the Great Seal, for
the further proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack (the Speaker being retired
to the usual Place by the State, as the Speakers do
when His Majesty is present); the Earl of Sutherland in
the Middle; and the Lord Viscount Falmouth on his
Right Hand; and the Lord Bishop of London on his
Left; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House,
to hear the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"W. Cant.
Macclesfield, C.
Carleton, P.
Kingston, C. P. S.
Holles Newcastle.
Godolphin.
Harcourt.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britan. Franc.
& Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio & perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli
Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl.
Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimis Consanguineis
& Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Duci Somerset, Hen'co
Duci Kent, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Jacobo Duci Chandos, Lionel. Duci Dorset, Jacobo Comiti Derby,
Thomæ Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co
Comiti Lincoln. Georgio Comiti North'ton, Thomæ
Comiti Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham,
Montagu Comiti Abingdon, Will'o Comiti Coventry,
Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Hugon. Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon. Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti
Findlater & Seafield, Joh'i Comiti Stair, Archibald.
Comiti Ilay, Hen'co Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti
Halifax, Thomæ Comiti Coningesby, Ric'o Vicecomiti
Cobham, Hugon. Vicecomiti Falmouth, Georgio Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed's Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino
Berkeley de Stratton, & Nic'o Domino Lechmere Cancellario Ducatus (fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis,
Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Magn.
Britan. & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc
Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm.
Decimo Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Octavo,
inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quod Parliamentum Nostrum abinde, per separalia Brevia Nostra,
usque ad & in Nonum Diem Octobris, Anno Regni
Nostri Nono, prorogatum fuit; & abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta & Prorogationes, usque ad & in
Diem Martis, Decimum Diem hujus instantis Decembris, adjournatum & prorogatum fuit, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod,
certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur,
Prudentia, & Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum
confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri,
assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes
vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum,
Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, a dicto Decimo Die Decembris, ad præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad
& in Diem Jovis, Nonum Diem Januarii prox. sequen.
apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidem tunc tenendum &
prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa
Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta
effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus,
Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, & Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad
dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore
Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis, in
Præmissis faciendis, agendis, (fn. 2) & exequendis, pareant,
obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei
Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus Gulielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuar. &
cæteris Custodibus & Justiciariis Regni, apud
Westm. Quinto Die Decembris, Anno Regni
Nostri Decimo.
"Per ipsos Justiciarios, propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Earl of Sutherland said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now
read, to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue
this Parliament to Thursday the Ninth Day of January next, to be then here held: And this Parliament
is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Ninth Day
of January next."
Die Martis, 21o Aprilis, 1724,
Examined by us,
Say & Seale.
Hu. Bristol.
Jo. Norwich.